Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said she will leave the Fed altogether after her term ends in February — giving President Trump yet another opportunity to reshape the central bank.

The Brooklyn-born economist, who’s led the Fed since 2014, said she’s resigning once her successor, Fed Governor Jerome Powell, is sworn in, according to a statement released Monday by the central bank.

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Yellen was entitled to stay on in a less powerful but still influential position as a Fed governor until 2024.

“As I prepare to leave the board, I am gratified that the financial system is much stronger than a decade ago, better able to withstand future bouts of instability and continue supporting the economic aspirations of American families and businesses,” Yellen said in her Monday resignation letter.

Yellen’s departure will give Trump the ability to name at least five out of the seven governors who preside over the Federal Reserve system, which could essentially remake the central bank in his image.

Trump has already appointed Powell to fill Yellen’s seat. Meanwhile, an unusual slew of prolonged vacancies, some dating back to the Obama administration, has left the Fed with four additional empty seats.

This year alone, two other important figures in the central bank system — Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo and New York Fed president William Dudley — announced they would be stepping down from their roles. That’s on top of three other slots that were previously open.

Yellen, 71, succeeded Ben Bernanke as the Fed chair, and in late 2015 steered the financial system through the first interest rate hikes since the financial crisis.